slmost like a real family
Apr. 6th, 2008 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
same_skyM, Evie and I went to church this morning! We walked across the road to that church and we really liked it! Evelyn was pretty good--she made a few noises and I did take her outside once, but she wasn't bad otherwise. (She did not seem to like one particular song.Silly baby!) The service was nice, the pastor was young and fun, and the sermon was extremely well tied together. And there were bells! We felt a little like celebrities as we left because, well, I guess that people always like new people at church, but also, we had a pretty baby with us, and then some of them knew (or we told) that we lived across the street, which (again) used to belong to them. We also met a new neighbor and saw (but didn't get a chance to speak to) another set.
Later this afternoon, the weather was lovely so I spread a blanket out in the yard and sat in the grass with my sweet, sweet baby while we watched M working on the roof. He has a fixation with replacing spinny things up there. E was fascinated by Da-da on the roof. I guess she figured that even she knew enough not to go up there! I am well-known for my dislike of being outdoors much so it was a little shocking that I did that. I wasn't out very long because I was afraid of a certain someone, who has really never been out in the sun, ever, getting sunburnt. We were planning on going to the game farm and walking around, but the website said they were closed. Shucks. I was really looking forward to that.
I have been sewing a mei tai (baby carrier) for the past few days and I finally finished that up tonight. I was sewing frantically and making illicit bargains with M so that he would watch the baby while I finished up. (I still have two loops left to sew on, do you think I could get out of my illicit bargains by pointing out that I didn't actually FINISH it tonight? Hmm.) It's super cute and I will take pictures of it probably tomorrow. Right now my model is in bed, and I must say that baby carrier pictures are pretty boring if there's no baby in them. It is also reversible, which is nice. I love being able to make something like that but it is kind of a pain in the ass in terms of tediousness. There are approximately six miles of straps in a mei tai. stitchstitchistitchstitchstitch and then you go completely insane from watching the fabric fly by for so long. My next project should be one with a little more structure because that's what M likes, but I am thinking that maybe forking out a fortune for an Ergo would be worth it to not have to do it myself. I paid $90 for a ring sling (still can't believe I did that, but we were supporting a local crunchy business and I was clearly stark raving mad just after I gave birth.) so why the heck not? The completion of said mei tai was really wearing on me, for some reason. I was desperate to finish it. I have a long list of things I need to be sewing, though, so that might be part of the problem. One biggie down!
Speaking of babywearing... that has been working out better for us lately than it used to. I used to want it to work but it rarely did much for us. I've been using the mei tai quite a bit lately and she seems to sit in it much better than she used to. I think it's because she has gotten much better at being carried, period--she's grasped the idea of sitting on my hip in the last couple of months too, instead of just sort of dangling when I put here there. There are many, many good things about it but you know what the best one is? No one touches her when she's strapped to me! No, wait. I mean, the best part is how she fusses so much less. I am not supposed to admit how much of a germophobe I am because then Kirsty laughs at me. Anyway, I can't wait to really try out the new one I just made.
Oh, I tried out![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
e11en's idea of finding a dressing room to nurse the baby in when I'm out shopping. It worked beautifully! I grabbed a skirt to "try on" so I didn't even have to talk to the lady about what I was actually going to do. Changed a diaper, too. Did I write about how Evelyn is terrified of public bathrooms? It's so cute. It's the toilets flushing in there, and how they echo. I think it's the only thing that really scares her. In any case, I always tried to avoid using those changing stations (a. sanitary reasons, b. don't like strangers looking at my baby's bits, c. inconvenient--couldn't we at least get a handle to hang the diaper bag on??) but now I really stay away from them because she cries so when we're in there. Mostly I change her in the car, but that's got a heap of problems too. Traveling with a baby ain't easy no matter what, I guess.
Anyway. It has really been a great weekend and I am so sad to see it end. Weekends are the best.
Later this afternoon, the weather was lovely so I spread a blanket out in the yard and sat in the grass with my sweet, sweet baby while we watched M working on the roof. He has a fixation with replacing spinny things up there. E was fascinated by Da-da on the roof. I guess she figured that even she knew enough not to go up there! I am well-known for my dislike of being outdoors much so it was a little shocking that I did that. I wasn't out very long because I was afraid of a certain someone, who has really never been out in the sun, ever, getting sunburnt. We were planning on going to the game farm and walking around, but the website said they were closed. Shucks. I was really looking forward to that.
I have been sewing a mei tai (baby carrier) for the past few days and I finally finished that up tonight. I was sewing frantically and making illicit bargains with M so that he would watch the baby while I finished up. (I still have two loops left to sew on, do you think I could get out of my illicit bargains by pointing out that I didn't actually FINISH it tonight? Hmm.) It's super cute and I will take pictures of it probably tomorrow. Right now my model is in bed, and I must say that baby carrier pictures are pretty boring if there's no baby in them. It is also reversible, which is nice. I love being able to make something like that but it is kind of a pain in the ass in terms of tediousness. There are approximately six miles of straps in a mei tai. stitchstitchistitchstitchstitch and then you go completely insane from watching the fabric fly by for so long. My next project should be one with a little more structure because that's what M likes, but I am thinking that maybe forking out a fortune for an Ergo would be worth it to not have to do it myself. I paid $90 for a ring sling (still can't believe I did that, but we were supporting a local crunchy business and I was clearly stark raving mad just after I gave birth.) so why the heck not? The completion of said mei tai was really wearing on me, for some reason. I was desperate to finish it. I have a long list of things I need to be sewing, though, so that might be part of the problem. One biggie down!
Speaking of babywearing... that has been working out better for us lately than it used to. I used to want it to work but it rarely did much for us. I've been using the mei tai quite a bit lately and she seems to sit in it much better than she used to. I think it's because she has gotten much better at being carried, period--she's grasped the idea of sitting on my hip in the last couple of months too, instead of just sort of dangling when I put here there. There are many, many good things about it but you know what the best one is? No one touches her when she's strapped to me! No, wait. I mean, the best part is how she fusses so much less. I am not supposed to admit how much of a germophobe I am because then Kirsty laughs at me. Anyway, I can't wait to really try out the new one I just made.
Oh, I tried out
e11en's idea of finding a dressing room to nurse the baby in when I'm out shopping. It worked beautifully! I grabbed a skirt to "try on" so I didn't even have to talk to the lady about what I was actually going to do. Changed a diaper, too. Did I write about how Evelyn is terrified of public bathrooms? It's so cute. It's the toilets flushing in there, and how they echo. I think it's the only thing that really scares her. In any case, I always tried to avoid using those changing stations (a. sanitary reasons, b. don't like strangers looking at my baby's bits, c. inconvenient--couldn't we at least get a handle to hang the diaper bag on??) but now I really stay away from them because she cries so when we're in there. Mostly I change her in the car, but that's got a heap of problems too. Traveling with a baby ain't easy no matter what, I guess.Anyway. It has really been a great weekend and I am so sad to see it end. Weekends are the best.
